Holdback for vehicles



(No Model.)

H. A. KOOGLER 8v C. H. SLONEGKBR.

HOLDBAGK FOR VEHIGLBS. No. 413,143. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

y @JMD i .142307 wey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. KOOGLER AND CHARLES H. SLONEOKER, OF NEAR DE GRAFF,

' OHIO.

HOLDBACK Foa VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,143, dated October 15, 18891.

Application ned July 27, 1889.

.To all who/1t it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY A. KOOGLER and CHARLES H. SLoNEcKEE, citizens of the United States, and residents of near De Gra if, in the county of Logan and State ofA Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hitch-Up and IIoldback, oi' which the following is a specification.

Our invention .relates to certain improvements in holdback attachments to vehicles and harness, whereby the holding back of the vehicle does not depend entirely upon the breeching, and wherein the hitchin g up and unhitching are simpliiied.

Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a detached viewof connecting-strap with the shaftbearer shown in sect-ion; Fig. 3, a side view of shaft attachment and partout shaft enlarged, and Fig. 4t a sectional view of same through line a; a'.

The construction and operation of our device are as follows:

To the shaft-bearer L we attach a strap O, some six inches long, the front end of which has a loop T, that ts on the shaft-bearer, and the other end provided with a ring, into which the snap N of the holdback-strap M clasps. Instead of the snap a buckle may be used. Then once adj usted, the holdback-strap need not be undone, as it is not attached t-o the shaft, and when the tugs are unhitched the horse walks out free, the holdback-strap remaining attached to the shaft-bearer. The holdback-strap is thus disconnected from the Shaft and in backing draws only upon the shaft-bearer L. To prevent the shaft-bearer from slipping back on the shaft and allowing the Vehicle to run against the horse, we attach the plate I to the under side of the shaft. This plate has a beveled slot or groove K in it, extending nearly to each end, and attached adjustably to it, by means of bolt and thumbscrew F, is the triangular-shaped piece B, having shoulder O and extension D. On t-he up- Serial No. 318,958. (No model.)

per end of thumb-screw and bolt F are bevelednuts G, that play in the beveledl slot K- in plate I. The bolt F is not screwed uptight, but left so that the triangular piece B may slide freely on piece I.

Nhen the horse is put in the shafts, the

buggy is run up to the proper distance from it, and the adjustable piece Bis slid along until it comes against the rear of the shaftsupport, when it is secured in place by tightening the thumb-screw. The position of the horse is thus regulated by sliding piece B backward or forward on the shaft, instead of changing the length of the holdback-straps.

Instead of the loop O, connecting the holdback and shaft-bearer, the holdbaek-strap may be made long enough to connect with the shaft-bearer; but, as an attachment to harness already7 in use, the strap O is more convenient and cheaper. It will be seen that by this means of hitching up the horse is made to back with his shoulders as well as his hindquarters, and should a holdbackstrap break the vehicle cannot run against the horse, but is held by the shaft-bearer resting against piece B.

NV hat we claim is- 1. The combination, with the shaft-bearer L and strap O, of the adjustable piece B, having shoulder O, and attached to the plate I on the shaft by thumb-screw F, playing in a slot and secured by the nut G, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the buggy-shaft and plate I, with the adjustable shoulder-piece B, the bevel groove and slot Ii, the thumb-screw F, and bevel-nuts G, as and for the purpose set forth. I

HENRY A. KOOGLER. CHARLES Il. SLONEClER.

IVitnesses:

E. K. CAMPBELL, NED CAMPBELL. 

